{"product_id":"last-best-league-one-summer-one-season-one-dream","title":"Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLast Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJim Collins\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780738209012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDa Capo Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eEvery summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, young college baseball players showcase their talents in hopes of making it to the \"show.\" A vicious filter, the league has produced one out of every six major league players, from Nomar Garciaparra and Todd Helton to Jeff Bagwell and Barry Zito.In this brilliantly crafted narrative, Jim Collins chronicles a season in the life of the Chatham A's, perhaps the most celebrated team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Set against a seemingly bucolic backdrop--a well-heeled resort town on the bend of the outer Cape--the story charts the changing fortunes of a handful of players, all of whom battle slumps and self-doubt in an effort to impress major league scouts and make the playoffs. Several players go home with career-threatening injuries; one blue-chip prospect fulfills great expectations while another is dubbed \"the biggest disappointment on the Cape.\" A pitcher hides an arm injury while negotiating a minor league contract; another leaves early to tend to his dying father. And nearly all look to the following year's major league draft as a barometer of their worth. Far more than a baseball book, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Best League\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing story about dreams fulfilled and dreams destroyed, about Cape Cod and the rites of summer, about coming of age in America.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream | Jim Collins | Hardcover | 9780738209012 | Used: Very Good | Sports Writing 1701939","offer_id":50830094139650,"sku":"1701939","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/419E67r0iiL.jpg?v=1792588294","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/last-best-league-one-summer-one-season-one-dream","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}